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The Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase

Tom Bolt — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:15:22 +0000

In case you missed the first installment in this series (No, Part 1 is NOT the first installment) then you need to understand the logic of presenting the candidate experience in this manner. Using my Star Wars damaged brain I started the story with the final episode in The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition …

The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee

Tom Bolt — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:30:15 +0000

No, you didn’t miss the two preceding parts of this series. They will come later. It appears that most of the discussion whirling around us is about improving the candidate experience during the recruiting and interviewing phase. I contend that Part 2 is important, but there is also a before and after picture that needs …

You Can’t Handle the Truth!

Tom Bolt — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:01:20 +0000

How many times a day do you hear someone refer to “the real world” when they are trying to get someone to see an opposing point of view? Of course, everybody’s “real world” is different, so the new-speak translation of this line is really more like “you should really think more like me.” My world …

Beyond #SourceCon – The Trip from Euphoria Back to Real Life

Tom Bolt — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:34:39 +0000

Musicians would call it dynamics. The conference orchestrated by ERE Media last week for the sourcing community was punctuated by accented notes, a few well placed rests, and heightened emotional crescendos followed by equally moving decrescendos. Dynamics! After any concert, when the musicians stop playing, those who were immersed in the moment will carry that …

You Have the Right to Remain Silent

Tom Bolt — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:30:43 +0000

Comedian Ron White came up with a classic line in his routine about a time he was picked up by the police for being drunk in public, “I had the right to remain silent…but I didn’t have the ability.” Genius! In the comedic pause between the first and second part of that sentence, people started …